IF DEED FOAKS COM TE LIFE AGYEN !


TEUN-" The Coal Hole"

IF deed foaks com te life agyen,
Hoo funny it wad be, man;
They'd rub thor eyes wi' greet surprise
Te see what we can see, man.
Grainger wad hardly knaw the toon,
Wi' buildin up an' pullin doon:
A palace they myek ivry ruin,
They astonish live foaks, tee, man.

Korus.

Fal-the-dal-lal, the lal-the day,
Hoo funny it wad be, man,
If deed foaks com te life agyen,
Te see what we can see, man.

Geordey Stephenson, the ingineer,
Wad heh gud cawse for wundor,
Te see the railroads far an' near,
Abuv the grund an' under;
Earl Grey wad luck up te the sky,
Te see his moniment se high,
Thor gan te shift it by-an-by,
He wad say, "What next, aw wundor?"

Sum wad find falt wi' a' they saw,
An' try wi' spite te raise us,
An' tell us that wor a' se fast,
They'd seun meet us in blazes!
While uthers wad be glad te see
A workin man dim up the tree,
Like Burt, the pitmen myed M.P.,
An' disarvin wor greet praises.

Bob Chambers an' Jim Renforth tee.
Wad ask us war we beatin ?
Had Cockneys gain'd all victory
Throo just one man defeatin ?
Renforth wad say, "Is Tyneside men
Te let Joe Sadler rest alyen?
It's time aw wes alive agyen,
If ye cannet find a reet un !"

But sum wad better be away,
Such as a chep just barried,
He waddent like te cum an' see
His bloomin widow married;
He waddent like te see the kiss
Ov second-hand connubial bliss,
He waddent like a scene like this,
Ay, an' him just lately barried.

If deed foaks com te life agyen,
Thor'd be an awful mixtor,
Thor'd be ne room te had them a',
We'd a' be fairly fixt; for
We'd nearly a' relations be.
We cuddent tell owt whe wes whe,
Thor'd seun be blud an' murder tee,
An' we'd myek them cut thor sticks, sor,

-Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890